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A single sheet from one of Kyosai's illustrated albums or sketchbook publications, presenting a concentrated display of his draftsmanship across various subjects. Album plates like this served as both art objects and artist's advertisements — they demonstrated technical range while giving collectors an accessible entry point into Kyosai's world. The format, common among major Meiji-era artists, allowed Kyosai to gather smaller works into a coherent publication that preserved his sketches and studies for wider distribution.
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Tenpôzan in Osaka: Viewing Children's Sumo (Naniwa Tenpôzan kodomo sumô shôran), from the series Scenes of Famous Places along the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô meisho fûkei), also known as the Processional Tôkaidô (Gyôretsu Tôkaidô), here called Tôkaidô
1863
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Kyosai, Royal Academy, London, FREE DOMESTIC SHIPPING
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Original Museum Lithographic Exhibition Poster
from the series One Hundred Pictures by Kyôsai (Kyôsai hyakuzu)
Woodblock print
Gontazaka, from the series Scenes of Famous Places along the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô meisho fûkei), also known as the Processional Tôkaidô (Gyôretsu Tôkaidô), here called Tôkaidô meisho no uchi
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